Tong Li

7.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
137 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Tong Li is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Tong Li has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Water Science and Technology, 48 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 36 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Tong Li's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (44 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (24 papers) and Advanced oxidation water treatment (24 papers). Tong Li is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (44 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (24 papers) and Advanced oxidation water treatment (24 papers). Tong Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Tong Li's co-authors include Yaowen Gao, Chun Hu, Chun Hu, Yue Zhu, Zhenhuan Chen, John C. Crittenden, Xiaoying Liang, Baicang Liu, Peng Zhang and Lai Lyu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Tong Li

128 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

New Insights into the Generation of Singlet Oxygen in the Metal-Free Peroxymonosulfate Activation Process: Important Role of Electron-Deficient Carbon Atoms

2019 521 citations Yaowen Gao, Zhenhuan Chen et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Natural Berberine-Based Chinese Herb Medicine Assembled Nanostructures with Modified Antibacterial Application

2019 342 citations Tong Li et al. profile →
Unraveling the High-Activity Origin of Single-Atom Iron Catalysts for Organic Pollutant Oxidation via Peroxymonosulfate Activation

2021 309 citations Yaowen Gao, Yue Zhu et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Coordination Number Dependent Catalytic Activity of Single‐Atom Cobalt Catalysts for Fenton‐Like Reaction

2022 239 citations Xiaoying Liang, Zhiyu Zhao et al. profile →

Peers

Tong Li

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Shaobin Huang China

Chao Liu China

Jing Zhang China

Shanshan Gao China

Wenxin Shi China

Reza Darvishi Cheshmeh Soltani Iran

Zebin Yu China

Jinquan Wan China

Xiaohui Wu China

Lauren F. Greenlee United States

Shaobin Huang China

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2.5k ×0.9

WST

2.6k ×1.0

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1.5k ×0.8

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915 ×1.0

EEE

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Countries citing papers authored by Tong Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tong Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tong Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tong Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tong Li based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tong Li. Tong Li is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Tong, Junkang Ni, Fushun Wang, et al.. (2025). Characteristics and source apportionment of methylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments of reservoirs from the Qiantangjiang River, Wujiang River, and Pearl River. Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology. 7. 445–452.

Qin, Jiaheng, Xu Qiu, Tong Li, et al.. (2025). UO ₄ ·2H ₂ O from Depleted Uranium Waste: A Regenerable Solid FLP Catalyst with Negligible Radioactivity for Selective Aniline Oxidation. ACS Catalysis. 15(21). 17971–17981. 1 indexed citations

Li, Tong, et al.. (2024). Insights into performance and mechanism of CuCo2O4/MXene composite as an efficient peroxymonosulfate activator for p-nitrophenol degradation. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 114119–114119. 4 indexed citations

Li, Tong, Dongsheng Wang, Qianxin Zhang, et al.. (2024). Industrial-scale highly efficient nickel recovery from electroplating wastewater using resin adsorption followed by aeration mixing acid regeneration. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 58. 104801–104801. 8 indexed citations

Zhao, Zhiyu, Peng Zhang, Xiaoying Liang, et al.. (2023). Turning the Inert Element Zinc into an Active Single‐Atom Catalyst for Efficient Fenton‐Like Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie. 135(18). 32 indexed citations

Ma, Shenhui, Tong Li, Yang Zhu, et al.. (2023). Multi‐Body Biomarker Entrapment System: An All‐Encompassing Tool for Ultrasensitive Disease Diagnosis and Epidemic Screening. Advanced Materials. 35(46). e2304119–e2304119. 15 indexed citations

Qi, Tieyue, Jingzhao Zhang, Tong Li, et al.. (2023). Facilitating calcium sulfite oxidation during flue-gas desulfurization for efficient sulfur utilization using a robust MnTiO3 perovskite. Applied Surface Science. 648. 158981–158981. 5 indexed citations

Gao, Wenqing, et al.. (2023). Green citrate-based binary diluents for blood oxygenation membranes with high gas permeability. Journal of Membrane Science. 687. 122101–122101. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Youyi, Xinjun Li, Peng Qi, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive comparison of water quality risk and microbial ecology between new and old cast iron pipe distribution systems. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 146. 55–66. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Tong, et al.. (2023). Low Cost and Strongly Adsorbed Melamine Formaldehyde Sponge Electrolyte for Nontraditional Quasi-Solid Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 6(9). 4952–4960. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Yumeng, et al.. (2022). Surface-Confined Destruction of Pollutants with H₂O₂ Assistance over Cu⁰@CuO_x-N-Graphitic Carbon Suspensions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(3). 1366–1375. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Yumeng, Peng Zhang, Lai Lyu, Tong Li, & Chun Hu. (2022). Preferential Destruction of Micropollutants in Water through a Self-Purification Process with Dissolved Organic Carbon Polar Complexation. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(15). 10849–10856. 31 indexed citations

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Ding, Jie, Qingli Tang, Yanghe Fu, et al.. (2022). Core–Shell Covalently Linked Graphitic Carbon Nitride–Melamine–Resorcinol–Formaldehyde Microsphere Polymers for Efficient Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction to Methanol. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(22). 9576–9585. 125 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lili, Zhiqiang Wang, Tong Li, Chun Hu, & Min Yang. (2022). Ultrathin Bi₄O₅Br₂ nanosheets with surface oxygen vacancies and strong interaction with Bi₂O₂CO₃ for highly efficient removal of water contaminants. Environmental Science Nano. 9(4). 1341–1352. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Yong, et al.. (2022). Optimization and thermal performance of U-type evacuated tube solar collector filled with phase change material. Energy Reports. 8. 6126–6138. 30 indexed citations

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Li, Tong, Xiuju Wang, Zhongpeng Wang, et al.. (2022). MIL-53(Fe)@γ-Al2O3 nanocomposites incorporated cellulose acetate for forward osmosis membranes of high desalination performance. Environmental Engineering Research. 28(1). 210448–0. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaoting, Baoquan Jia, Xiuping Liu, et al.. (2021). Spatial variation analysis of urban forest vegetation carbon storage and sequestration in built-up areas of Beijing based on i-Tree Eco and Kriging. Urban forestry & urban greening. 66. 127413–127413. 58 indexed citations

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Xing, Xueci, Tong Li, Zhihao Bi, et al.. (2020). Efficient removal of disinfection by-products precursors and inhibition of bacterial detachment by strong interaction of EPS with coconut shell activated carbon in ozone/biofiltration. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 392. 122077–122077. 48 indexed citations

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Gao, Yaowen, Tong Li, Yue Zhu, et al.. (2019). Highly nitrogen-doped porous carbon transformed from graphitic carbon nitride for efficient metal-free catalysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 393. 121280–121280. 149 indexed citations

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Li, Tong, Gong Zhang, Huachun Lan, Huijuan Liu, & Jiuhui Qu. (2018). Enhanced Photoreduction of Chromium(VI) Intercalated Ion Exchange in BiOBr_0.75I_0.25 Layers Structure by Bulk Charge Transfer. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(2). 2429–2436. 22 indexed citations

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